Research

By:Helen Ghebremdhin

Inspiration from real films opening sequences

Inspiration from real film• The style of filming-is much

realistic which help the audience to relate to the film for example they

used a location and buildings which relate to.

• Style of credits/fonts-the font is the main character by herself

which connotes that the film is mainly about her .she is at a room looking outside the window which empress's that she is trapped and

there is no there to help her .

•Style or enigma –of this film is that how would she get out from the

trapped place and find herself .who is the one to help her get over this

depression ??

Genre & conventions Convention Explanation Example from real film

Swearing The ‘mother 'swearing in front of the kinds which gives an bad example therefore the children end up swearing too .

Fish tank-the mother in fish tank is not very caring or know the way to show her love to her children she always swearing at them .

Drugs and alcohol The ‘mother’ drinking and smoking which influenced kids to do the same .

Fish tank –mother drinking smoking in front of her children

No norms and value in the family

There is no family value in the house for example when are they going to eat a meal together or they should not be any swearing at the house.

Fish tank –Not having a meal together

Research on the themse/topic Depression Depression which can strike at any time

.It has no outward symptoms ,so may people experience difficulties' at work and home or thy social life .

Alcohol, Drugs and DepressionA lot of depressed people, including teenagers, also have problems with alcohol and or other drugs. Sometimes the depression comes first and people try drugs as a way to escape or as a way to "medicate" themselves. (In the long run, drugs or alcohol just make things worse.) Other times, the alcohol or other drug use comes first, and depression is caused by the drug itself, withdrawal from it or the problems that substance abuse causes.

Alcoholism Alcoholism is a board term for problem with alcohol .Usually to the detriment of the drinkers' heath ,personal relationship or social standing which lead to addictive illness.Stress Relief: Many people in a stressful situation want something that is quick and easy to get their mind off their problems. By drinking alcohol, someone is able to forget about their problems, and so it becomes a temporary solution to their problem.

Unfortunately, excessive drinking only leads to more problems, and while you may forget about something for a few hours while drinking, it does not actually provide an end to the cause of stress.

Inspirational characters Character from ‘ fish tank’ Why the character inspire me

This is the main character from the film ‘fish tank’ she is isolated from her family and friends .She is a good inspiration fore my opening sequence as the main character is isolated family and friends too. She is able to share her feelings with her mother because her mother is Alcoholic therefore they don’t have mother and daughter relationship.This is the mother of the main character in the film. She is inspirational for my opening sequence character because she is alcoholic like the mother in my opening sequence.

Distribution companies

• Channel 4/film 4 I want to use film4 as my distribution company as they are a sector of channel 4 which have high teenage audience in the uk.

Titles/credits

Style Capital letters

Size 44(title of the film)24(name of the characters )

Placement Centre

Colour White

animation are effective Fade in and fade out

Music/sound

• http://freeplaymusic.com/• This is free copy right which we can

downnlored and use it for our opening sequence .There are different type of sound that we can use from this website